Blogging for Beginners

If you think blogs belong only to the world of teen angst, fandom, and overheated conspiracy theorists, think again. In a much-discussed posting, “Professors, start your blogs,” Dan Cohen takes a comprehensive look at the pro’s and con’s (mostly pro’s) of academic blogging.

For a flavour of academic and scholarly blogging, you might want to check out BlogScholar, a US-site that covers the field–theories, practices, and controversies. And there’s the humanist blog portal Crooked Timber (“Out of the crooked timber of humanity/no straight thing was ever made”). Both sites have excellent links to related blogs you can explore for yourself.